Archive record · Brewery
Wheelhouse Brewing Company
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
- Founded
- 2013
- Archive ID
- TB-NXDAZBWN
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Independent ownership is recorded. No parent company is held in the archive.
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- Who owns this brewery?
- James Witzke, Kent Orton and Craig Outhet (since 2013)Verified
From the record
Summary
Listed in the BC Ale Trail brewery directory (checked August 2026). Independence is as-listed by that directory and has not been independently Founding year not yet on the record.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Wheelhouse Brewing Company pours in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.
Ownership & corporate history
- Founded by James Witzke; Kent Orton; Craig Outhet2013
Open questionRecorded, not yet proven. It stays open until a source settles it.
What the sources say
Founding ownership team documented; exact 2026 equity HELD.
- Founded by James Witzke2013
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0258 ("FOUNDERS / CO-OWNERS"). One of three founders — a marine biologist, a Chinese-medicine practitioner and a marine planner — who conceived the brewery in 2010 and opened the night before Christmas Eve 2013, selling out of Gillnetter Golden Ale in two hours.
- Owned by James Witzke2013
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0258 ("FOUNDERS / CO-OWNERS"). Founding partner.
- Founded by Kent Orton2013
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0260 ("FOUNDERS / CO-OWNERS"). Co-founder; a physical therapist and biologist who first came north tree planting in 2007.
- Owned by Kent Orton2013
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0260 ("FOUNDERS / CO-OWNERS"). Founding partner.
- Founded by Craig Outhet2013
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0262 ("FOUNDERS / CO-OWNERS"). Co-founder; a marine planner.
- Owned by Craig Outhet2013
What the sources say
Resolves held claim HOC-0262 ("FOUNDERS / CO-OWNERS"). Founding partner.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 380 Bill Murray Dr, Prince Rupert, BC V8J 4P5Prince Rupert, British Columbia
PRODUCTION
Operated by Wheelhouse Brewing Company
Site detail
Current first-party site confirms active brewery founded in 2013.
The People
Behind the beer
Founding brewer/owner and technical voice in station-move reporting.
Founding partner; explicitly identified as co-owner in 2022 reporting.
Founding partner documented in BC Ale Trail and regional reporting.
The Beer Library
Beers
Gillnetter Golden Ale
Year-RoundGolden Ale
Current first-party beer. (CURRENT / FLAGSHIP) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Blacksmith Brown Ale
Year-RoundBrown Ale
Current first-party beer; name references original blacksmith-shop brewery. (CURRENT / FLAGSHIP) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kazu Maru IPA
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
Current first-party beer. (CURRENT / FLAGSHIP) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Foggy Harbour IPA
North East / Hazy IPA
Current first-party beer. (CURRENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hunky Dory Hazy White IPA
Year-RoundHazy White IPA
Current first-party page names beer and ingredients; ABV not visible in retrieved evidence. (CURRENT / CATALOGUED) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Scurvy Dog Spruce Ale
Year-RoundSpruce Pale Ale
Secondary current catalogue plus active 2026 check-ins; spruce-tip brewing tradition explicitly described. (CURRENT / RECENT) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Killer Wit
Year-RoundBelgian Wheat Ale
2026 BC Ale Trail release. (CURRENT / SPRING 2026) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Clara Lager
Year-RoundSalted Lime Mexican Lager
2026 BC Ale Trail release. (CURRENT / SPRING 2026) [Canada Pass 102]
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from the BC Ale Trail brewery directory, which cited https://wheelhousebrewing.com/ for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
BC Ale Trail — brewery directory · BC Ale Trail
ReferenceMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08Claim last checked 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Wheelhouse Brewing Company
- Who owns Wheelhouse Brewing Company?
- Wheelhouse Brewing Company is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Prince Rupert, Canada.
- Is Wheelhouse Brewing Company independent?
- Yes. Wheelhouse Brewing Company is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
- When was Wheelhouse Brewing Company founded?
- Wheelhouse Brewing Company was founded in 2013 in Prince Rupert, Canada.
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